Application deadlines and the admissions cycle at Marin County private schools, as published by each school.
Published deadlines and recurring admissions guidance appear below. Check the year on dated entries and confirm current deadlines and tour dates with each school.
Contact the Head of School to schedule a tour. Because parents become members of the nonprofit corporation, attendance at a school orientation is required. Up to five weeks of summer school is offered to currently enrolled students.
Test-free admissions. Branson neither requires nor accepts SSAT or ISEE scores, and reviews students holistically. Most students enter in 9th grade, but transfer applications are accepted for grades 10–12.
Two Saturday group tours are held each admissions season, in December and January, with a program overview presented by administration.
Tours begin in October, weekly through January, and are an essential first step; families complete a post-tour questionnaire. Enrollment offers for the August start typically go out beginning in March.
Tours of the Sausalito campus are offered weekly on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM, plus other times by request. Two open houses are held each fall and winter. A September 1 cutoff applies from age 2 through 12th grade.
Open Houses let families join class experiences taught by MA faculty; Visit Days offer a full day in the life of a student; student-led tours with an administrator panel run through the season. An Affordability Presentation is held in December. Decisions released mid-March.
Indicate interest in financial aid on the admissions application to receive TADS instructions. Aid must be reapplied for every year.
Campus tour is a REQUIRED application step. Self-guided family tours in late October and December; San Francisco admission reception in October; Curriculum Night in November; Upper School Open House for grades 5–7 in January; Sixth and Seventh Grade Admission Day in January. Kindergarten applicants must also complete a required Screening and Playdate. No applications to 8th grade.
Applications are accepted after the priority date. Contact admissions for tours and current open-house dates. Toddler applicants must be 2 by September 1, 2027; First Year Primary applicants must be 3 by September 1, 2027. Decisions for all grades are released March 11, 2027.
Register for an Open House and a tour through Ravenna. The school typically runs one open house in November and one in January. Tuition assistance via Clarity is due December 1 for current families and February 1 for new families.
Tuition assistance applications processed through Clarity.
Admissions consist of a tour, an application, and an interview. Small-group adult-only campus tours run on Fridays through January, covering the 10-acre Lucas Valley campus with classes in session; an adults-only open house for prospective Pre-Primary through Elementary parents is held in January. Baby & Me and Parent-Toddler classes enroll first-come, first-served.
Tuition determinations are emailed with acceptance letters in March.
Tours are offered virtually via Zoom first, with in-person tours by request afterward. A $100 non-refundable application fee and $500 refundable tuition deposit are required to apply. Current families receive priority re-enrollment in January.
Tours for 2027–28 run October through January, open for scheduling from October 2026. Admission decisions are emailed March 11, 2027, with an enrollment deadline of March 18, 2027. Tuition assistance runs through the Clarity application ($65 fee), due alongside the priority application.
Contact admissions for the current tour and open-house schedule.
Preview Days for grades 3–6 include mini-lessons and student panels. San Domenico does not require or accept SSAT or ISEE scores. Indexed tuition applications through Clarity open September 1. K–8 decisions mid-March; grades 9–12 decisions in March via Ravenna.